I am hoping to pick up an almost new L-2000 tomorrow evening. I sold off my G&Ls when I moved to 5 string. I deeply regret selling my JB-2.

Edit: I did not buy it. The truss rod, I think, had a rattle when D or D-flat was played. The bullet nut seemed to have tension on it but I was not prepared to pay out on a bass with possible "issues". So I remain G&L-less.

Anyway, circumstances change and I am enjoying playing 4-string basses again. I don't know how far I am going to take this. I have a soft spot for the underrated USA G&Ls and I think I need a Jazz next, but then again the simplicity of the LB-100 with G&L build quality is tempting. It is just a matter of finding a good one over here in the UK. Bass Direct had a sunburst which looked perfect, but I could not get down to try it before someone else bought it.

In 2002 I bought a new 2001 L2K with #6 neck in a local shop. I instantly falled in love with the playability of this bass.

In 2005 or so I realized that the trussrod had stuck. Long story short, me and my luthier tried to get it working, but he told me there's a high risk it would break. We tried anyways, and it broke.

I posted this here, and Brad (who else) offered me a replacement #8 neck that fits and since then did the job on the L2K. My luthier said, a repair of the #6 is possible, but expensive. I played Brad's #8 since then. I stored the #6 in the basement, wrapped in newspaper, and forget about it.

In 2017 (I haven't played for some years, but still kept all my stuff), I realized that my Marleaux Consat Custom 4 had dead pots. I contacted Gerald Marleaux who send me a new set of pots for the 25 years old lady and forwarded me to Lutz to solder them in. While checking his page, I came along this video:

[BBvideo 425,350]https://vimeo.com/198182324[/BBvideo]

He got a bunch of old wood, stored by an woodworking artist in the 60's, that was never used. I took the #6, asked to repair the Marleaux and put a new trussrod/fingerboard on the original #6. Now I have my 2001 L2k with a Palisander (rosewood) fingerboard from mid 60's .

I got the neck back on friday, installed it yesterday, and now it settles down with strings. Don't ask for cost, there is no economic explanation to do this, but the #6's rounded profile just feels right for me. It's probably a sentimental thing to have it back as it was.

Thanks to Brad for the replacement, and to that Artist who never used the wood to carve stupid sculptures out of my future fretboard...